Introduction To Tajweed

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Mohammad Hamid Mahmood (Grad. Institute of Islamic Education, DEWSBURY)

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1.  Its definition By linguistic definition: Betterment Applied definition: Articulating every letter from its articulation point and giving the letter its rights and dues of characteristics.

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Rights of the letters are its required characteristics that never leave it. The dues of the letters are its presented characteristics that are present in it some of the time, and not present at other times. i.e. the madd, idghaam

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The obligation of Tajweed • The proofs that the scholars bring to show the obligation of Tajweed is that Allah says in the Qur’an • ‘And recite the Qur’an (aloud) in a (slow and melodious) style • (tarteela)’ tarteela (Surah Muzzammil, Ayah 4) • Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA): “at-Tarteel is Tajweed of the letters and knowing where to stop (correctly)”.[An-Nashr of Ibn Al-Jazaree 209:1] • And of the rights of reciting correctly is reciting it the way it was revealed.

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Umm Salamah was asked about the recitation of the Prophet (SAW) and she described it as a recitation ‘clearly distinguished letter by letter’. [Tirmidhi]

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Sa’eed bin Mansoor relates in his Sunan that a man was reciting the Qur’an to Abdullah bin Mas’ood and he recited “Innamas sadaqaatu lil fuqara-i ra wal masaakeen”, so Ibn mas’ood said: “This was not how the Messenger of Allah (SAW) recited it to me!” So the man asked, “How did he read it to you oh Aba Abdir-Rahman?” So he said “Lil Fuqaraaaa-I raaaa wal masaakeen”, he elongated the word Fuqaraa and the knowledge of the different lengths of elongation (mudood) is also from

MISTAKES • What is a Tajweed Mistake? • And what are the consequences? • Learn how to stay away from MISTAKES • By firstly recognising MISTAKES

Allaamah Jazaree (r.a)

Lahn Jalee & Lahn Khafee • Lahn JALEE = MAJOR mistakes • Lahn Khafee = Minor mistakes • Lahn Jalee means to make a BIG mistake  in the Quraan • Lahn Khafee means to make a small    mistake in The Holy Quran

Yes, it is like a driving test. Make 1 MAJOR and you FAIL. FAIL Minors are forgiven to a certain limit.

What is LAHN JALEE?

• Incorrect Makhraj or Sifaat (Not to

pronounce letters from the correct place of articulation and their respective qualities) qualities

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Addition (To add on letters to words) Omissions (To take off letters from words) Harakah with Sukoon and vice  versa (To replace a Zabar, Zer or Pesh with a Jazam and vice versa)

• Change the Harakah (To change the Zabar, Zer or Pesh) It is HARAM to make any of these MAJOR mistakes.

THE DIFFERENCE • In the letters QAAF and kAAF there are 2 differences • (1) Makhraj is different • (2) Sifat (quality) is also different

THE DIFFERENCE • In the letters TAA and tAA there is only 1 difference • (1) Sifat (quality) is different • The Makhraj is the same

What is LAHN KHAFEE? • Full Mouth / Empty Mouth (To overlook the rules of Tafkheem and Tarqeeq when reciting The Name of Allah, ah The Letter Raa’) Raa

• Ghunnah (Not to adhere to the the rules of Izhaar, Izhaar Idghaam, Idghaam Iqlaab, Iqlaab Ikhfaa etc in their respective places)

• Madd (Prolongation) (Not to prolong / stretch a letter when a MADD is present)

It is MAKROOH to make any of these MINOR mistakes.

Language Problems! The Letter

Articulation  Point

Tip of the  Tongue and  gums of the  teeth - gums of  the Central  Incisors.

D

Tip of the  Tongue and  slightly above  the gums to  touch the hard  palate.  Tip of the Back  of the Tongue  and further up  the palate as  compared to  the letter ‘D’.

Phonetic Diagram

Word Example

LENTILS LENTILS

Desk

SEMINAR • What are Tajweed Mistakes? • How do we keep away from such mistakes? • The Importance of Taweed? • How can we, on our behalf portray the importance of this noble science? • Examples from the lives of Sahabah